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Conversion of Harvard Credits to MIT Units
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Education
Harvard Divinity School
Subjects earn 12 MIT units, with the following exceptions:
- A subject that meets 5 hours per week = 15 MIT units
- A subject that is a "quarter course" or a module (i.e., the subject meets for half of one semester) = 6 MIT units
Harvard Business School
- 3-credit subject = 12 MIT units
- 1.5-credit subject = 6 MIT units
Graduate School of Design
- 4-credit subject = 12 MIT units
- 8-credit subject (studio course) = 21 MIT units
- 2-credit subject = 6 MIT units
Kennedy School of Government
- 1-credit subject = 12 MIT units
- 0.5-credit subject = 6 MIT units
Harvard Law School
- 3-, 4-, or 5-credit subject = 12 MIT units
- 2-credit subject = 6 MIT units
- 1-credit subject = 3 MIT units
Harvard School of Public Health
- 3.75-5 credit subject = 12 MIT units
- 2.5- or 3-credit subject = 6 MIT units
- 1- or 1.25-credit subject = 3 MIT units
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
- 1-credit subject = 3 MIT units
- 2-credit subject = 6 MIT units
- 4-credit subject = 12 MIT units
DEFINITIONS FOR "H-LEVEL", "G-LEVEL," or "N-LEVEL" CREDIT
Graduate level subjects will be assigned "H-Level" credit and undergraduate level subjects will receive "N-level" credit, unless otherwise specified by the student's Registration Officer on the Cross-registration Petition Form.
- H: Approved subject for a graduate degree and is given primarily for graduate students.
- G: Other subject accepted for graduate degree.
- N: Not accepted for graduate degree. Grade, however, will be factored into the student's cumulative rating (GPA).
